New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1887-12-04
HYPNOTTSM AT TIE CAPITAL.
INTERESTING EXPERIMENTS IN THE PRES-
ENCE OF WEI I-kNOWN PUBLIC MEN

! INTERESTING EXPERIMENTS IN THE PkES-
ENCE OF WEI L-KNOWN PUBLIC MEN.
WAsHINGTON. Dec 3-W A. Crohut mas recc"'iS
taken up the study Of ncsmcrism, or hypnotlsm' as
the scientists prefer to cali It. MI Crofut mas ooo
opch cons de able skill in this direction and The otter
| night gave exhibition at his house before no''
worthy audience. Among Others present were foS'-
master General Villas and his family senator ingalls,
! Senator = of Connecticut, General A. W. Gseei'
and his wife, Admiral and Mrs. Russell, Mr.. Colihah'
the Commissioner Of Agriculture; Colonel NicOiay'
N,rsnat o. the Unifcd states snp'cmc cOhrt General
Bryant. Assistant Attorney General Professor Thomp
SON of the Geological Survey, and number OF other
scientific gentlemen and physicians. Before beginning
hi, experiments Mr. CruGm explained that he had been
very much Interested in reading In Paris letters 10
THE NEw-YoKK TRIBUNE of the experiments conducted
by Doctors Charcot and Luys In Europe, and he read
from TRlGrNE editorial an Affirmation OF the deep
importance Of the subject, especially rs to the posi-
bllitv of affecting a hypnOzcd person with poison IN
crossed vial and laid upon his neck ana as 10 inc
possibility Of an operator compelling SENSITIVE 10
g. mut crime II, qu,icd the alleged instance men
toned m The TElEtNE Of a French mesmcriot VINO
indeed his subject TO away several miles from the
operator and commit suicide, and said that arson
poisoning murder forgery and burglary could ihl' be
committed by the intervention Of an Innocent and I'M
conscious agent s,ccty had at once to face new
danger when the power was In the hahds OF 'N'o"9
PERSONS
danecrou, drugs and mcdcatcd compounds under sci
cntn conditions would be post poned to aho her even
ing but he would Immediately make tests a to the
vlcarlous commission Of crime.
Ancr performing some minor experiments ana get
ting hi, subjects into a good condt Mr. Crofu at
TEMPTED the feat Of compelling fellow being 10 COM
init a crime by the force Of his own WILL acting upon
the VIII Of that fellow being. one Of the subjects
young woman employed in the Government Printing
Office. was told 70 60 into the audience ana pch INV
ladies poohc., She manifested great horror OF the
act and refused. but BY an imperative command inc
no,mcrizcr induced her to comply, and without much
display Of ingenuity She got a phantom purse not
real one. from Ms. John g. Fremont. Tho expert
mcu was not satisfactory a. TO the pa1hel' employ
mcnt If agent.
Another sensitive clerk in a Department. was mes
nicrizcd and Mr. ,roffu explained TO him that Ia
hou.e Of on, Of the ncshbor in upper chamber, IN
a certain corner and certain drawer IT. the dressing
ease was a pocket book which contained $1,000 lie
described the situation of the house mln'eiy tbe way
To go there he arrangement Of the dressing case ana
so on, repeating It over several times WITH the subject
had the geography Impressed Upon his m'hu IH'"
handing h.u f"O keys he sad;
The lager lcy VII JIcn the front 19or OF the
house and tc smaller hey wl olen tie dra.er OF ths
lie told inc young man That II he would steal tuat
pochci book hc would give nm ne money. lhGIv "S
hs subject concerning he la.iy OF discovery 4ni
arrest, bat when assured iha me- ~aS r" 'H b and
that there "rre no dogs about The pacr ne rIScn'gn
l. room werc a scd 20 follow the subject on his Trip
lI.. arrau.rul.at, rad previously trch made win,
r. H 1l 10 place tte pocket boob iu the ,itna'on a.,
turned ths corner. ani when boz came 10 me no7e 70
-crlron H. then began % .ho" Che s'rtie,t d'.,ee
io>r, ami around th, c"lurrs and tnlY lHmIra over
ilc fence. saving to those vino acr'upaued gym -
sc',H,-ih hr dh SD lc-t th" gar" should mai
Noise" When i' reached iie loi.h hg5iH , ms,